Sec. 1541. Evaluation of Department of Defense cyber governance
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Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall commission a comprehensive evaluation and review of the Department of Defense’s current cyber governance construct. The evaluation and review commissioned pursuant to subsection
(a)shall— assess the performance of the Department of Defense in carrying out cyberspace and cybersecurity responsibilities relating to— conducting military cyberspace operations of offensive, defensive, and protective natures; securely operating technologies associated with information networks, industrial control systems, operational technologies, weapon systems, and weapon platforms; and enabling, encouraging, and supporting the security of international, industrial, and academic partners; analyze and assess the current institutional constructs across the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Joint Staff, military services, and combatant commands involved with and responsible for the responsibilities specified in paragraph (1); examine the Department’s policy, legislative, and regulatory regimes related to cyberspace and cybersecurity matters; analyze and assess the Department’s performance in and posture for building and retaining the requisite workforce necessary to perform the responsibilities specified in paragraph (1); determine optimal governance structures related to the management and advancement of the Department’s cyber workforce, including those structures defined under and evaluated pursuant to section 1649 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 ( Public Law 116–92 ) and section 1726 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 ( Public Law 116–283 ); develop policy and legislative recommendations, as appropriate, to delineate and deconflict the roles and responsibilities of United States Cyber Command in defending and protecting the Department of Defense Information Network (DoDIN), with the responsibility of the Chief Information Officer, the Defense Information Systems Agency, and the military services to securely operate technologies specified in paragraph (1)(B); develop policy and legislative recommendations to enhance the authority of the Chief Information Officers within the military services, specifically as such relates to executive and budgetary control over matters related to such services’ information technology security, acquisition, and value; develop policy and legislative recommendations, as appropriate, for optimizing the institutional constructs across the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Joint Staff, military services, and combatant commands involved with and responsible for the responsibilities specified in paragraph (1); and make recommendations for any legislation determined appropriate. Not later than 90 days after the commencement of the evaluation and review commissioned pursuant to subsection
(a)and every 45 days thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall brief the congressional defense committees on interim findings of such evaluation and review. Not later than six months after the commencement of the evaluation and review commissioned pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on such evaluation and review.
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